(26852) Miyamototakashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Takashi Miyamoto (b. 1956) is the director of the Minamiaso Luna Observatory in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where he and his observing staff show visitors the stars using a 0.82-m reflector telescope installed in 1996. He is well known as an astronomy popularizer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Miyamototakashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miyamototakashi is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26852 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 UK2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,377 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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